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SWO Critical Skills Bonus (SWOCS) agreements will be made available to all eligible SWO LCDRs. The program is designed to be an incentive, paying an eligible SWO LCDR up to 46,000 dollars to stay in the navy, and SWO community, through the fifteenth year of commissioned service (YCS).

ELIGIBILITY: - Qualified and serving as a SWO (111X) - Permanently appointed LCDR - Completed two afloat DH tours or single-longer tour as assigned by PERS-41 - Has not completed more than 25 years of active duty; will not complete 25 years before the end of SWOCS contract - Sea duty assignable (An officer not fit for sea duty on the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th anniversary of promotion to LCDR will be ineligible for SWOCS bonus for that one-year period. Should an officer who becomes fit for sea duty, they can apply for the next eligible period) - An officer is not eligible to receive both SWOCP and SWOCS concurrently - Officer currently under a single-year contract will not be eligible for further SWOCS payments beyond existing contract expiration

PAYMENT SCHEME: Approved applicants will receive payments on the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th anniversary of their date of rank as LCDR, dependant upon when they apply. - $22,000 at 2nd anniversary of LCDR - $12,000 at 3rd annversary of LCDR - $12,000 at 4th anniversary of LCDR